Combined tie and collar holder



Feb. 16, 1937. P. DQsMITI-I 2,071,181

QQMBINED TIE AND COLLAR HOLDER Filed March 5, 1936 Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE 2,071,181 7 COMBINED TIE AND COLLAR HOLDER Perley D. Smith, Methuen, Mass. Application March 5, 1936, Serial No. 67,192

10 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined tie and collar holder for use in connection with soft collars and four-in-hand ties, and has for its object the production of an inexpensive device whichwhen used in connection with a tie of this character will retain the loop thereof well up in the collar and prevent any downward movement thereof relatively to the other parts of the tie and at the same time hold down the points of the said collar.

This object is attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred form thereof is illustrated in the drawing, this form having been found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not 20 limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described except as required by the scope of the appended claims.

or the drawing- 25 Figure 1 represents a plan of a tie and collar holder embodying the principles of the present invention.

Figure 2 represents a front elevation of the same. 30 Figure 3 represents a rear elevation of the same.

Figure 4 represents an end elevation of the same.

Figure 5 represents a plan of a plate adapted to 5 be bent to form a clip to hold together the front bar and the looped wire and pin.

Figure 6 represents an elevation of a modified form of bent looped wire and pin.

Figure 7 represents an elevation of another modified form of bent looped wire and pin.

Figure 8 represents a plan of a modification of said device in which the rear clamping member is formed of a fiat bar of spring metal.

Figure 9 represents a rear elevation of the same.

Figure 10 represents a perspective view of .the pin, and

Figure 11 represents a plan of the blank used in forming the clip used in clamping the parts together.

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

In the drawing, I0 is a horizontal bar having in the center thereof a rearwardly extending bend or depression ll.

The front face of the bar l0 may be ornamented in any desired manner as indicated in Fig. 2.

At the rear of the bar I0 is a coacting member I 2 formed of a spring metal wire and having oppositely extending loops |2a:.

The member i2 is curved rearwardly at its outer ends as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

One end of the wire member [2 extends upwardly in a vertical direction as indicated at l3 in Fig. 3 of the drawing and then is bent downwardly in a vertical direction as indicated at M in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the lower end being sharpened as indicated at I5, in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 of the drawing.

The opposite end l6 of the wire I2 is bent downwardly in a vertical direction as indicated in Fig. 3. I

The member [2 is locked to the bar 10 by means of a clip l1.

This clip I! is formed from a blank l8 as shown in Fig. 5, the opposite ends of which are bifurcated at l9, leaving parallel projections 20 which are adapted to straddle the vertical portions I3 and [6 of the looped wire l2.

This clip I! is disposed in the depression ll of the front bar In and prevents the bar IIJ accidentally moving longitudinally of the member l2.

The loops I21: being of spring metal normally are held in contact with the rear face of the bar ID, as indicated at M.

When the device is in use and the pin I4, is inserted into the center of the rear portion of the knot of a four-in-hand tie, the flaps of a soft collar may be inserted between the outer ends of the bar l0 and loops l2x.

The extreme ends of the bar ID are curved as at 22 and the extreme ends of the loops I21: are curved as indicated at 23, thus facilitating the insertion of the flaps of a collar between the member In and loops l2rc.

When the pin I5 is inserted into the back of the knot of a tie it is so located relatively thereto that the bar I0 will be above the bottom of the knot and will retain said knot well up into the collar.

While the knot of the tie is held up in this manner in the collar the flaps of said collar will be held flat against the front of the shirt by means of the coacting bar l0 and loops I'Zm.

It is obvious, therefore, that the device performs two functions, the holding of the tie in position and also holding the flaps of the collar in proper position.

The member I2 is preferably formed of one wire of spring metal with the loops l2zc and pin [5 a part thereof if desired.

The member I? may be formed in the manner indicated in Fig. 6 with the vertical pin l4 extending downwardly from the loops 12.1.. v

This member l2 may also be formed in the manner shown in Fig. '7 of the drawing with a vertical portion I4 of the wire extending downwardly and then bent into a horizontal position, as indicated at 24.

This form of connection with the tie retains the device in a fixed position on said tie.

If desired a yielding fiat bar of spring metal 24 may be used instead of the wire I2 as indicated in Figs. 8 to 11 inclusive, and the blunt end 26' of the pin 21 positioned between the members l0 and 25 rigidly clamped thereto by the clip 28.

The end 26 has a lateral extension 29 which prevents the displacement of said pin.

In this form of device the clip 28 is only bifurcated at one end, as shown at 30 in Fig. 11.

The tie and collar holder herein shown and described is inexpensive to manufacture but very effective in operation, retaining both the tie and the flaps of a soft collar in their proper positions at all times.

It is obvious that by securing the device to the tie in the manner described the bar I!) will be horizontal and is prevented from assuming an inclined position which is very objectionable.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of the invention will be understood without further description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A device of the class described, consisting of a wire of spring metal including a vertical portion having at its lower end a sharpened pin point and provided near its upper end with oppositely extending and horizontally disposed loops, a bar disposed in front of said loops and a clip at the center of said bar for securing said bar to said loops.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which said loops are integral with the vertical portion of said wire.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the outer ends of said loops are curved rearwardly.

4. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the rear ends of said clip are bifurcated and straddle vertical portions of said wire.

5. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which said clip is provided with means preventing end movement thereof relatively to the vertical portion of said wire.

6. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which the vertical portion of said wire extends upwardly from said clip and then downwardly in front of said clip with its pointed end below said clip.

'7. A device as set forth in claim 1 in which said bar is provided with a central rearward depressed portion to receive said clip.

8. A device of the class described consisting of oppositely extending clamping members adapted to grip the flaps of a collar and having perpendicular to said members a downwardly extending pin pointed at its lower end.

9. A device as set forth in claim 8 in which the pointed end of said pin is horizontally disposed below said clamping members.

10. A device of the class described as set forth in claim 8 in which the clamping members consist of a rigid bar and a yielding bar of spring metal and a centrally disposed clip for clamping said bars together with the head of said pin fixedly secured between said bars.

PERLEY D. SMITH. 

